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anygunanywhere wrote:

RJGold wrote:

anygunanywhere wrote:Why do all of you insist on killing these defenseless creatures when you can go to the meat market and buy your meat like other people?



Anygunanywhere

Hmmm...

Never really thought about that. Makes sense though since those pork ribs in the plastic at the grocery store were created like that all wrapped up in plastic and never had to go rooting around. I reckon the whole fryer in the plastic bag gave birth to the leg and thigh quarters in the plastic bags in the next bin as well.

I guess I'll stop shooting critters and just start shooting beer cans and bottles of water...

I tried to paraphrase a post I read where some libtard animal rights moron made such a statement.

Close but no cigar.

Anygunanywhere

Yup. I've actually had someone look me in the eye and make that same statement referencing duck hunting (i.e. "..how can you kill those poor ducks? I get my meat from the grocery store where nothing has to be killed...").

I started to try and explain the flaw in her logic but then realized it would waste a ton of my energy and I wouldn't change her mind anyway so I just gave up and moved on.

anygunanywhere wrote:Why do all of you insist on killing these defenseless creatures when you can go to the meat market and buy your meat like other people?



Anygunanywhere

Hmmm...

Never really thought about that. Makes sense though since those pork ribs in the plastic at the grocery store were created like that all wrapped up in plastic and never had to go rooting around. I reckon the whole fryer in the plastic bag gave birth to the leg and thigh quarters in the plastic bags in the next bin as well.

I guess I'll stop shooting critters and just start shooting beer cans and bottles of water...

nyj wrote:

RJGold wrote:I've killed a bunch of pigs with 22 mag shots behind the ears...

They didn't suffer, I assure you...

Nothing wrong with that. A "couple of shots" isn't my idea of humane dispatching.

One other humorous addition to this thread. I hunt with a guy who was a Long Range Recon guy in Desert Storm. He is probably the best shot I know. He has a habit of shooting his deer and pigs twice. I don't know why, he most often drops them where they stand with a head shot but can't seem to resist a second head shot if they are twitching.

He sat in the stand with me this year on our annual outing since he flew in from DC and didn't have his rifle or a way to take meat back with him. I shot a doe in the neck and dropped her where she stood. She was on the ground bleeding out and in her death convulsions. He whispered in my ear, "...put another one in her noggin...". I complied and that seemed to satisfy him. She was on her way out with what I consider to be a "humane dispatching" but he couldn't stand the fact she was still moving.


Our running joke is to ask him why he shot again, he normally replies that the critter was moving, to which we reply that falling doesn't actually qualify as moving...

nyj wrote:

RJGold wrote:I've killed a bunch of pigs with 22 mag shots behind the ears...

They didn't suffer, I assure you...

Nothing wrong with that. A "couple of shots" isn't my idea of humane dispatching.

I don't know the details of the "couple of shots" but I've had pigs (and deer) run 100+ yards after a clean heart shot (with a rifle not a bow). Once I dressed them, I doscovered they didn't have a heart left but still managed to run 100+ yards. In some cases, If I had a chance for a second shot, I took it.

I've also skinned a ton of pigs (I used to work at a taxidermist). I have found slugs and bullet fragments in the shield that males developed (i.e. they were hit with what should have been a kill shot but the bullet didn't penetrate. I have also seen them with skull fractures and obvious damage to their heads but the wounds had healed and they were later killed with another shot (I'm talking about head wounds that were completely healed before they were shot again).

Best I can tell, they're tough little boogers and not always kill-able with a single shot (even a well placed shot).

My two cents...

I've killed a bunch of pigs with 22 mag shots behind the ears...

They didn't suffer, I assure you...